“I learned how important it is to read like a writer. This opened up the universe of fiction to me like never before…this will continue to teach long after the workshop has ended.” – Nadia Conners, 2016 Writers Studio Participant

Offered February 9-12, 2017, Writers Studio at UCLA Extension is an intensive four days of instruction and writing. Participants choose one of 10 workshops in which they work closely with a professional writer in classes limited to no more than 15.

Screenwriting Workshops Phil Kellard, Creating the Half-Hour TV Pilot and Series Jon Bernstein, Writing your First Feature Film Joel Thompson, Crearting the 1-Hour TV Pilot and Series Billy Mernit, Creating Powerful Scenes for Film and TV

As the largest and most comprehensive university-related writing program in the nation, the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program equips all levels of creative writers and screenwriters with the tools they need to tell their stories and to seek out publication and production. Our almost 400 annual onsite and online writing courses in fiction, memoir, personal essay, poetry, publishing, writing for the youth market, feature film writing and television writing make it possible for students to discover or develop their full creative potential. Most courses are available online as well as in a traditional classroom setting, where evening, daytime, and weekend offerings make learning convenient for most people’s schedules.